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"SAKE, THE a story Read It
NATIONAL —op— in The
BOOZE OF good Sunday
JAPANr j gmeer I Call
VOLUME OIX.~ NO. 14.
KAHN CALLS' ON
HOUSE TO VOTE
ON EXPOSITION
Resolution Referred to Commit*
tee on Rules. Intended to
Secure Speedy Action
Amendment Directed Against
New Orleans Prohibits Cash
Aid by Government
Californians Endeavor to Per*
suade Congressmen to Act
Before Christmas
WASHINGTON- Doc. 13.—Repre
sentative Katm flfed the first
r gan today in tha fipht for the
Paa&ma exposition by introducing a
resolution providing for immediate
consideration of the bill, which asks
the president to Invite foreign na
tions to participate in the Panama ex
position at San Francisco in 1915-.
This resolution was referred to the
coxniittee on rules and all Califor
nlans and their friends will now con
cent rate their efforts on the commit
tee to induce it to report the resolu
tion back to the house, fixing a date
for consideration of the canal measure.
Three Amendments Proposed
Kahn's resolution proposes three
artr'ntiments to the hill:
First — That it shall ho open to
-tmondmeni by submitting the name of
New Orleans for that of San Fran
s><-or~d — That no <leman<l shall be
i-ade rjr.nn th<? r n \u25a0"\u25a0"•* rnment for any
r.r,3-ioj.-3l apsis-tai-oe whatever.
Third — That $13,000,000 .shall be
raised instead of $7,500,000 before In
rsfin?r foreign participation.
The last two amendments are calcu
lated to make Ne """rOrlesTis squirm.
That city intends to ask for j-overa-.
\u25a0"nent aid and it has less than 510,000,-
Of.O in eight-
Opinion is divided as to the prob
ability of the rules committee making
a favoraMf report on Kahn's resolution.
Tb<* bpfst informed member* of The
house think it is not Hl-*?ly. that action
can be had before the holidays.
Generzl Consent Needed
The rules committee must grain (rorv
_»\u25a0' ral consent from the house to lay
a^icie other business before the "e?:po
yition matter «.-an be taken up, am! this
consent Is hard to obtain. However,
the Californians are straining every
nerve ar.d using all the influence pos
sible to brills' out a favorable report so
that a vote can be had before adjourn
ment next week.
Some of this influence is of the most
powerful character.
Governor Sander? of Louisiana,
Mayor Behrman of Now Orleans and
other New Orleans boosters gathered
her«* today and held a conference.
They are not anxious to press matters
just now. Chairman Rodenberg has
been 5n consultation with the south
erners and is now regarded by the Cali
fornians as working: against San Fran
cfsca. The suggestion has been made
That Kahn Fhould withdraw from Ro
senberg's committee his bJll providing
for an appropriation of $5,000,000 for
. ; *-. n Francisco, thus giving notice that
San Francisco means business in not
: f king for -rovemment aid.
Guarding- Against Less
However, no open fight has occurred
between Rodenberg and the Califor
r.ians. and they are not anxious to an
tagonize him or the committee on ex
position.
Theodore A. Bell, former congress
. man and recent candidate for governor,
was given charge of the campaign
among the democrats when the dele
gation from California arrived on the
ground. It happened that many repub
licans were compelled because of local
interests to give their support to New
Orleans, and for this reason It was
necessary to counterbalance this in
fluence by inroads among the demo-
C. H.TS.
A dozen democrats from New York
state occopicd a very important posi
tion in the fight when the Californians
arrived and their support appeared
most desirable. The efforts of Bell,
who was assisted by M. F. Tarpey,
Joseph Scott of Los Angeles and Father
J. P. McQuaide, were directed toward
the New Yorkers and the results were
most gratifying. ,
Majority Vote Expected
'"I am firmly of the opinion." said
Bell, "that San Francisco has won the
fight and that-a clean majority of both
houses will be given San Francisco on
the final vote.
Joseph Scott of Los Angeles was in
troduced to the supreme court of the
United States today by Senator Flint
and is now qualified to practice before
lhat body. Scott had an interesting in
tcrvfew with Representative Hobson of
Alabama, in which Hobson said that he
favored an exposition that would start
in San Francisco in June and be taken
up at New Orleans during the ensuing
January.
"I am doing all I can to bring this
matter to a vote." said Hobeon. He is
about the plans for a great
Hfval pageant at San Francisco in I^ls.
Vrank L. Brown returned from San
Francisco today and engaged actively
in the campaign before the house com
jnittee.
The San Francisco Call.
Fair Stenographer
And Porter Conduct
Affairs of State
[Special Diipalch io The Call]
SACRAMENTO. Dec; 13.— The
\u25a0state's affairs were left today in
the hands of the governor's ste
nographer and his porter, as they
were the sole occupants of the
governor's office
Lieutenant Governor Porter,
who is supposed to occupy the ex
ecutive chair in the absence of
Glllett, has not graced the office
In the last 12 days, and both the
governor's secretaries were out of
town today, leaving the office in
charge of the stenographer and
Jake Scares, the porter,,
The task of running the state
during the governor's absence
has fallen on Private Secretary
E. Forrest Mitchell, whom bust*
ness has called out of Sacramento
the greater part of the time.
Executive Secretary Major Hav
ens has been so busy issuing com
missions to newly elected officers
and preparing the governor's
message that he can not take up
the office routine. John McCarr
of Boston called yesterday to
have papers honored for the re
turn of an alleged embezzler un
der arrest in Oakland, and had
to go on a still hunt around the
bay for Acting Governor Porter.
FREUND KNEW PLOT
TO LAND CHINESE
Dismissed Customs Inspector
Admits That He Deserted
Post on Manchuria
Examined under oath by Frederick S.
Stratton, collector of the port, yester
day, Charles Freund, the dismissed cus
toms inspector, admitted that he knew
in advance an attempt was to be made
to smuggle Chinese ashore from the
steamer Manchuria a week ago Sunday.
Freund gave as l~^is reason for not
notifying his superiors or fellow in
spectors that he wished to capture the
smugglers and white confederates him
self and gain the honor attaching to
such a feat.
Although given an opportunity to
clear himself, Freund seems to have
made the case against him stronger.
for he admitted that he left his post of
duty, the* stern of the Manchuria, from
10:45 o'clock until 11:43 o'clock at night,
while the seven Chinese women and
eight men were lowered from the se.c
ond deck of the vessel to the small
boats moored alongside.
Freund said that he heard members
of the crew of the Manchuria discuss
ing the plot on a previous trip and
was in readiness to intercept them, but
his hours* absence from duty gave the
orientals the opportunity to slip away
without bothering about him.
The customs authorities believe that
Freund Is not telling the truth or that
he is implicated in the smuggling of
Chinese and opium into the country.
He told, though not very distinctly, of
having been warned of several schemes
to slip Chinese ashore, but refused or
was unable to give the names of those
from who mhe obtained his informa
tion.
Stratton also questioned Customs In
spectors John Killemade. Willlani H.
Rohrbacher, Chester M. Gibbens, E. E.
Enlow, C. J. Benninger. Joseph Head
and John T. Stone, who testified that
Freund had deserted his post at the
Ftern of the Manchuria when the Chi
nese were taken off.
The 15 Chinese who came here on the
Manchuria were deported yesterday on
the same vessel.
Paul Sehultz, the stevedore who was
shot in the abdomen while in one of
the boats being rowed ashore from the
Manchuria remains at the Hahnemnnn
hospital under guard.
HUSTON CONVICTED OF
FRAUDULENT PRACTICE
Former Treasurer of United
States Faces Prison Term
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.— James N.
Huston, former treasurer of the United
States, was convicted tonight, together
with Harvey M. Lewis of Cincinnati
and Everett Dufour of this city, of
using the mails to defraud in connec
tion with the operation of the National
trust company and other concerns. The
jury was out only a few hours. The
maximum penalty for the offense Is two
years', imprisonment and a flhe .of
$10,000. *"
TAFT'S INCLINATION TO
APPOINT NEGRO FOUGHT
Cannon Opposes Lewis for As
sistant Attorney General
WASHINGTON, Defc. 13.— President
Taft's inclination to appoint William
B. Lewis, a negro lawyer of Boston, an
assistant attorney general, is meeting
much opposition. Booker T. Washing
ton called on Attorney General Wicker
sham today to urge it, and Speaker
Cannon called to oppose it. Speaker
Cannon's opposition, however, is not
based on racial grounds, but on rea-°
sons of economy.
SAN FRA^iDISGO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1910.
TOWN MARSHAL
VISITS CHURCH
TO KEEP PEACE
Dissensions in the Los Gatos
Baptist Congregation
Cause Alarm
Rev. Robert Whitaker, Pastor,
Is Charged With Heresy
by Members
[Special Dispclch lo The Call]
LOS GATOS, Dec. 13.— As a result of
dissensions in the Baptist church the
minister, Rev. Robert , for
merly of- Oakland, has been, charged
with heresy, and the situation became
so acute Sunday that Town Marshal J.
D. Shore was called in at the morning
services to keep order and prevent any
possible demonstration.
Attorney D. T. Jenkins was also
present in the interests of the major
ity, who held the fort. Nothing out of
the ordinary occurred and the services
were conducted with the same decorum
and seeming spiritual fervor as usual.
The San Jose Baptist association, em
bracing IS churches in Santa Clara,
San Mateo, Santa Cruz and Monterey
counties, has declared that "the First
Baptist church of Los Gatos has de
parted from the faith as held in the
Continued on Page 9, Column 3
70 REVOLUTIONISTS
KILLED IN BATTLE
Engagement Fought in State of
Chihuahua, Wires' Mm-
LAREDO, Tex., Dec. 13.— Seventy
revolutionists were killed and a small
number wounded in a battle this aft
ernoon with federal troops in Cerro
Prieto, state of Chihuahua, according
to a telegram received tonight by Mig
uel Deibold, Mexican consul, stationed
at Nuevo Laredo, from Enrique Creel,
Mexican minister of foreign relations.
The federals are said to have lost 14
men, Including two officers.
. Cerro Prieto is a small station on
the Mexican Northeastern railroad be
tween Concepcion on the southwest and
Coslhuirachio on the northwest.
FLEEING SOLDIER IS
-SHOT DEAD BY GUARD
Deserter From California Killed
at Vancouver
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Dec. 13. — While trying to escape from
custody late today Harry Francis, a
private In Battery 8,. Second field artil
lery, was shot dead by the guard, Al
bert Bowling, a private. in Company A,
First infantry. Francis was under ar
rest on a charge of desertion. He en
listed as a recruit at Fort McDowell,
Cal., August IS last.
JURY SECURED TO
V C HEAR BALDWIN CASE
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. — The jury
was completed late today that will de
cide the rights of Miss ; Anita Baldwin
Turnbull. the 17 year old daughter ot
Mrs. Lillian Ashley Turnbull, in the
suit instituted to obtain two-ninths *%(
the estate of the' late horseman, E. ; J.
Baldwin. The taking ; of* evidence will
commence tomorrow afternoon.
BAKERSFIELD GETS FIRE
CHIEF FROM SAN JOSE
[Special Dispatch lo The Call]
SAN JOSE, Dec. 13.— Frank. White
side, for many yearsj connected : with
"the" local fire department, has resigned
as assistant chief, and.accepted the po
sition of chief; oft the . Bakersfleld 'lire
department. '. - -
Gold Theft Suspects Begin Fight for Liberty
Four in Jail Obtain Writ of Habeas Corpus
The Palm lodging house at Sixth and Howard streets where "Little Tex" Woodson was arrested and which is
. rendezvous of opium smugglers.
Tools used by E. L. Smith to reduce bullion to filing's.
GAYLORD WILSHIRE FACES
CHARGE OF STOCK FRAUDS
California' Gold 5 Mine and Other Schemes Which Netted
SociaH|tJEditor $3^250^00 Are Discredited
NEW YORK, .Dec/ 13.— The extent of
the federal 'govern;~aent[3 Investigation
Into the affairs" of ' Gaylord Wilshire,
the soclalistVeclitoi- ot jWllahlre's Mag
azine ond ; promoter.- of gold mines,
which the postbfflce .Inspectors believe
to be stock jobbings fraudß, became
known today when Postoffice Inspector
Booth returned from an Investigation
of the Wilshire properties in California.
Wilshire is In- London selling stock,
and It is thought that- he will remain
there, vf or, as soon as: he places foot In
the United States he is^ liable to" arrest.
The amount of money which the fed
SALOONMAN, UNARMED, FIGHTS TWO
ARMED ROBBERS AND CAPTURES ONE
While 12 frightened/ customers scat
tered in every direction/ Harry .Toost,
proprietor of a saloon at 420 Brannan
street, unarmed, fought a desperate
battle with two armed thugs last night,
and succeeded in holding one of them
until the arrival of Policeman Patrick
Crowley. Joost received nine knife
slashes about the head and body.
It was 8:30 o'clock when two men,
their faces covered with blue bandanna
handkerchiefs,' entered the saloon and
ordered the- 13 occupants to hold up
their hand?. - One of- the thugs car
ried a; gun while the other, had a knffe.
Joost, who was behind the bar, ducked
down and crawled to the, end to get
a revolver. Before he could reach 'it
the thug with the gun. was on his
back. Pointing his weapon at
head he " pulled , the trigger, but the
revolver failed to go off. Joost grabbed
an empty beer, bottle and knocked his
assailant unconscious.
The second thus then jumped upon
him with": a knife. Joost 'fought for
LINK FOR HILL\ROADS^DehTei\ Dec. \u25a0 13.—
V Contracts ~~rere * awarded -•• tddatj- r t or \u25a0 the con-"
; Ftruction.' of :.the* ncroL Colorado*, and* Southern
* line f rom- . Wellington, «Cokv, ?/ to r Cheyenne,
W.r<v, a link In \ the * projected i cult ' to - coast
"\u25a0oute vf the Hill roadsr. rr -•*-'•'\u25a0•\u25a0
{Special ' Dispatch |to The Call]
feral] authorities believe Wilshire has
obtained from credulous investors, in
his Bishop Creek : gold . company* the
Aremu'riibber and gold 'company, llmi
ied, ;of. British Guiana, and the South
American >gold company, Is $3,250,000. j
"\u25a0From the report '• ot Inspector Booth,
who was sent to Investigate the Bishop
Creek, gold \u25a0 company, whose claims are
In California about 50 miles from Gold
field/ It was learned that the Wllehire
concern'has no mill in operation on this
property • and \u25a0 that -there was nothing
to justify the extravagant advertising
in -Wilshlre's Magazine and other pub-
several minutes/ receiving deep clfts In
the breast and. back, three" about the
head, three. on the right arm.and one
in' the right hand. The robber threw
him* aside and started for the door,
through ,which his companion, having
recovered his senses, had just dTSap
peared.
Policeman Crowley, who was outside,
caught the robber as he came through
the door. ' He gave his name at police
headquarters ; as Robert Gibbons, aged
28, of Paterson, N. J. He saitf he lived
at the Grand house, In Third street. .He
told the police he had been drunk three
days and was prevailed upon by an un
known man^to attempt the holdup. 'He
sa.id~-.he didn't know the name of. his
companion.. The police do not credit
his statement.
Joost was treated at the central
emergency hospital. Gibbons was also
taken .to , the hospital for a cut in the
hand. The second holdup man left Ills
revolver in the saloon. It is: an old
police Weapon.
BILL f COLLECTOR KlLLED— Greensbnrg; Pa..
Dec": 13. — When Peter Betolmi, ; a ' barber of
' • Ne~~r, Madison, ' Pa .. went "• to a ' boarding bonne
• • early < today \u25a0 to ; collect a bill he wa» shot', in
.the baekand killed. Troopers ralded'-theTiouse
and arrested " 12 foreigners. .
DIVA ABUTS THAT
SHE IS ENGAGED
Mme. Emma Eames Says She
; Is Betrothed to Emilio
de Gogorza
[Special Cable lo The Call]
PARIS, Dec. 13.— Confirmation of the
reported engagement of Emma, Eames,
prima donna, and Emilio de Gorgoza,
operatic barytone, wis given this aft
ernoon by the diva herself. Mine.
Eames admitted" that she is to marry
the man with whose name hers has
been linked ever since she was granted
a divorce from Julian Storey.
The prima donna told her friends
that no date has been set for the cere
mony. It is believed here that the
wedding probably will take place here
next summer. Both Eames and De
Gorgoza will continue their artistic ca
reers.
Mrs. De_ Gorgoza, who is living In
New York, is very bitter against Mme.
Eames. In her divorce suit she did not
name Mme. Eames, but vaguely blamed
a prima donna for her marital infe
licity. , i
The story of Emilio de Gorgoza's in
fatuation for Mme. Eames, as unfolded
In the affidavits filed by the wife of
the barytone, constitute a remarkable
romantic history.
."It is awful that the name of a
woman can.be drawn into such a scan
dal," sobbed the diva.N "It Is all so false,
outrageous,- preposterous."
De Gogorza Smiles
Gloriously as. Emilio *de Gorgoxa. the
Spanish baritone* may sing, he is a
poor conversationalist; at least as far
as telling -of his engagement to Mme.
Emma Eames. Evidently it Is an old
story .to. De.Qorgoza, for he smiled and
smiled again when .it was presented
yesterday at the Fairmont hotel and
saldi
"Did \u25a0It really come from Paris,
France?" ' *
\u25a0 At tbe same time the singer b«ggeU
to be excused for making a confession^
JUDGE REDUCES RATE
OF INTEREST ON LOAN
Borrower Has to Pay $2,905 for
$1,789 Principal
Martin Keydon, who borrowed from
Harry S. Bridge, a money lender, $300,
assigning as security his interest In the
estate of his then living mother, Kath
erine Keydon, who also borrowed an
other |525 on the security of a life
insurance policy, was ordered by Judge
Troutt yesterday to repay the loans, to
gether with interest and $364 premiums
on the Insurance policy that had been
paid by the money lender. The total
amount of the judgment was $2,903.
' Keydon admitted borrowing *the
money, but resisted the claim of the
money lender on the ground that the
interest charged, 2^ per cent a month,
\u25a0w-as excessive.
• Judge Troutt held with Keydon to
some extent, reducing the interest to
1 per cent a month.
SIX MEN DROWN
WHEN LAUNCH UPSETS
Eleven Manage to Escape
Death in River
MARYSVILLE, "Wash., Dec. 13 Six
men were drowned in the Snohomish
river today when Emll Stohr's 14 horse
power, closed cabin launch turned tur
tle. There were 17 persons aboard, but
all but six were able to break windows
and climb' to the upturned keel or reach
shore. The men were employes of the
Stimson logging camp.
J/^/fftEJVEATHER
r EST^<E^Y%-Highcst temperature, 64;
QRE&^J>pR TODAY— Fair; low fog
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POLICE OF
COUNTRY
SEEKING
MEDITTH
Telegrams Dispatched to Ap-»i
prehend Man Thought to
Know Whereabouts of
Missing Bullion
ASSAYERS CANVASSED
FOR TRACE OF FILINGS;
E. L. Smith Still Declares His 1
Innocence, but Is Mam
After Attorneys Call
to See Him
CHARGES PROBABLY BE
SWORN TO THIS MORNING
ENCOURAGED by the difficulties
the police are encountering in)
producing absolute proof as tOj
their being members of the gang which \
looted the steamer Humboldt of
157.500 in bullion last September, E. L.J
Smith and wife and the Woodsoa!
brothers are making desperate efforts
to regain their liberty.
A writ of habeas corpus was con
tained by the quartet yesterday
through Attorneys Bloch and Michael!
and Nathan C. Coghlan, and it is re-;
turnable at 10:30 o'clock this morning'
before Superior Judge Cabaniss. Tt !
will be contended by the defendants
that they are being held without right \
and that they have committed no.
crime. "No formal charge has yet !
been placed against the prisoners, but 1
complaints no doubt will be lodged!
against them this morning to prevent
their escape through habeas corpus ;
proceedings.
It was practically determined by the
United States district attorney's of
flee yesterday that the prosecution !
should be handled by the state. If
the federal authorities were to con
duct the case it would be necessary to
establish jurisdiction, and this would
be rather difficult because of the un
certainty as to just where the gold bu;- .
Hon was stolen and the pig lead sub
stituted. Under the federal law 3 the
maximum penalty is one year in prisca
or a fine of $1,000, or both. There n
a state law, however, which makes it \u25a0
a felony to bring stolen goods into the j
state, and the maximum penalty for
this is 10 years in prison.
On Trail of Meditth
Harry Moffitt, chief operative of the
United States secret service here, said :
yesterday that he had turned over to
the local police all the ends of the i
case. It was as a result of Moffitt"-* |
vigilance that the gang was locateil '
and it was only -when the time had ar- 1
rived to make the arrests that the po
lice were called fnto the case. Mof- ;
fitt yesterday received from his su- I
periors nt Washington a telegram con- '
gratulatlng- him on hia successful '
handling of the case.
All day yesterday the police were ;
keeping the telegraph wires hot in an j
effort to run down Richard Meditth. j
the Seattle mining mar., and others
who have been under suspicion in con- '
nection with the bullion theft. That j
lleditth knows more of the case than :
has yet developed Is indicated by the ;
contents of the code letters which were
found In Smith's room.
Use Code in Jail *
That the Smiths and the Woodsonrj
are well versed in- criminal matters was
demonstrated by the facility with which
they communicated with each other In
the city prison. By means of a tele
graphic code In \rhlch the characters
are made by tapping on the metal of '
the cells, Smith and his wife have
talked back and forth ever since they ;
were taken to the city prison Sunday \u25a0
night.
Smith has also been communicating
with the Woodsons and consented to
have them make a confession that they
acted as Smith's agent In selling the '.
gold filings.
Nearly all of the higher class crimi
nals are able not only to communicate
by means of a telegraphic code but by
the deaf and dumb language as well.
Smith has made admissions 3ince hi 3
arrest and removal to the city prison
to the effect that he had $3,000 on hi 3
person when he was first taken into
custody, but declares he used J50 1 ) of it
In bribing his guards in order to get
word to an attorney and to obtain
drugs.
Woman Wanted to Confess
"While the prisoners were being held
Incommunicado in -Moffltt's offices Mrs.
Smith intimated that she would make a
full confession if Smith would. At her
Kujrcestloa. one oi th.c guards wrote &